Losnegard
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Losnegard is a very small village in the municipality of Solund
Solund
Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway, and the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county that is made up only of islands...

 in Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. Constituting the easternmost point of the municipality, it is located near the end of the Sognefjord
Sognefjord
The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

, about 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Hardbakke
Hardbakke
Hardbakke is a village which is the administrative centre of the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the island of Sula. Hardbakke is located about halfway between Holmebåen and Losnegard, the western- and eastern-most points in the...

. Losnegard is the only settlement on the island of Losna. There is ferry service from Losnegard to Krakhella (on the nearby island Sula
Sula, Sogn og Fjordane
Sula is an island in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The island is the main island of the municipality. The island is located at the end of the Sognefjorden in the Sognesjøen, about east of Holmebåen, the western-most point in Norway. The largest village on the...

) and to Rutledal on the mainland in Gulen
Gulen
is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik...

. The population of Losnegard (2001) was 4.
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